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Bolton Wanderers vs Carlisle United - match preview

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Bolton Wanderers vs Carlisle United    Bolton Wanderers will take on Carlisle United at the Toughsheet stadium on Saturday at 3:00pm in a game they need to win comfortably. So far this season, Carlisle have won just 1 game, drawn 5 and lost 5, giving them 8 points and sitting in 20th place. Tactics Carlisle are a very interesting team, on paper they aren't the best side and look like a team that belong at the bottom of the table. The statistics also show this, creating the 3rd least expected goals this season, with 5.74, and they have conceded 8.23 expected goals against (Bolton have conceded 6.89). Statistically, Carlisle average 44.1% possession per 90 - this shows that they are very counter attacking. Also, the graph below (taken from the Opta Stats hub  here ) shows just how counter attacking Carlisle are. In simple terms, Carlisle hold onto the ball for an average of 2.2 passes.  Despite this, they have shown signs of being able to play nice football to break quickly, for exam